bottle shop


noun
  1. a store that sells wines, liquor, etc., by the bottle; liquor store.

Origin of bottle shop

1
First recorded in 1925–30

Words Nearby bottle shop

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How to use bottle shop in a sentence

  • For over 20 years, Danny Frounfelkner, co-owner of Sipple, a nonalcoholic bottle shop in Houston, worked in the hospitality industry.

    The Rise of the Nonalcoholic Bottle Shop | Dayna Evans | November 23, 2021 | Eater
  • In May, Babitz decided to harness that knowledge by opening a storefront location of the Open Road in Pittsburgh, a bottle shop dedicated to selling only nonalcoholic beverages.

    The Rise of the Nonalcoholic Bottle Shop | Dayna Evans | November 23, 2021 | Eater
  • Never since it has been a court has it had such a Fortunatus' purse of gossip as in the proceedings at the rag and bottle shop.

    Bleak House | Charles Dickens
  • She was wretchedly poor and lived in a small room over a rag-and-bottle shop kept by a man named Krook.

    Tales from Dickens | Charles Dickens and Hallie Erminie Rives

British Dictionary definitions for bottle shop

bottle shop

noun
  1. Australian, NZ and Southern African a shop or part of a hotel where alcohol is sold in unopened containers for consumption elsewhere: Also called: bottle store

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